MESA, Ariz.--More than 300 Army leaders, suppliers and company personnel turned out on the flight line July 9 to see Boeing's [BA] AH-64D Apache Block III on it's first flight--with Apache Master Pilot Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody in the co-pilot gunner seat and Army experimental pilot Chief Warrant Officer 5 Rucie Moore. "Just awesome," said Apache Master pilot Cody, who flew the Production Vehicle D-Model (PVD) 27 Block III as it went through several actions as…
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